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Tomatoes and Peppers. Now or in January?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kristi Nov 14.
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A curve-billed thrasher is digging up alyssum that we've planted along the edges of a flagstone walkway. According to a bird site, it's looking for insects. We have netting over the new sprouts in the garden, but can't net the whole walkway--and t...
100 Plants???? Wow!!! I would love to see your yard. Sounds fabulous!
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Thanks, Rachel. This last reply is exactly what I was hoping to hear from the original question. We're experimenting with both: some plants in the ground now that we will try to protect from cold (if we ever get any) and seeds planted indoors in D...
You may be able to successfully overwinter your tomatoes with the tips already mentioned, but the majority of tomatoes are not going to set/ripen fruit in the winter. So your goal with this is to get a good size tomato plant going so that when war...
From what I've heard, the indeterminate varieties do quite well here, especially some of the cherries.I just planted Sweet 100 and Early girl inderterminates to see how they would do overwintering. They are setting fruit and blossoming, planted Oc...
Just found little fruits on my Sweet 100 and early girl planted October 23 today. And, new flowers as well! Will put Christmas lights on them tomorrow to prepare for incoming cold front and start using lights nightly after that.
We harvested lots ...
Am I jumping in to this discussion to late? Growing tomatoes as a winter crop has never been on my radar. I put out transplants in mid to late February and have them pulled out of the ground by end of July.
I am doing an experiment this fall seas...
Tracy, try hanging some red Christmas ornaments on your tomato plant.
I come from many parts of the country as well. This part of the country fascinates me. I've lived in areas where I was growing things like peas and lettuce in July/August so to even consider the idea of planting tomatoes in January is more of a cu...
I have a good microclimate, being in Mesa, surrounded by citrus and giant cyprus and pines. I also have 6 foot concrete walls around my lot and a large pool which I'm sure changes things. I've never actually seen frost in my backyard despite the w...
I've been watching the Garden Web. It seems like anything from Jan 15-Feb 15 is a go around here. This is my first year of being pretty agressive. I'm always too late for AZ and my stuff gets too hot before producing well. The two I just planted a...
My tomatoes that are fruiting now are ones that over summered. Our average first frost date here is December 7th, so if you did buy them, you could probably get a little bit of fruit off them, but not much. You could also try and keep them under f...
Wow, I love your trellis. Did you make this? What did you make it out of? I planted a couple of tomatoes (Early girl and Sweet 100) around Halloween and they are around 2 feet tall. They are just starting to flower. They'd be better if they had mo...
We were waiting to plant tomatoes and peppers in school garden until January, but now the nurseries are full of bedding plants and one says they won't have any in January.... Bedding plants? Seeds? Now? Later? (Obviously we're new to this!)
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